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R. B. W. PI-NCKNEY.

FOLDING BENCH, TABLE, AND SETTEB. v No. 267,928. Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

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ROBERT B. W. PINGKNEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING BENCH, TABLE, AND .SETTEE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,928,0lated November 21, 1882.

Application filed August 4, I882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown thatI, ROBERT B.W. PINoKNEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Benches, Tables, and Settees, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, shown as folded and inverted. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the same, taken through the line 00 m, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the storage of benches, tables, and settees.

Theinvention consists in a folding bench, table, or settee constructed with grooved top and side boards and hinged legs, and with rods placed loosely in the said grooves, so as to drop by their own weight against the outer sides of v the upper ends of the said legs and look them in place, and to drop back by their own weight into the said grooves when the bench, table, or settee is inverted, and thus leave the said legs free to be folded, as will be hereinafter fully described.

1 will describe my improvement as applied to' benches, but do not limit myself to that use, as it can be applied with equal facility and advantage to tables and settees.

A represents the top, and B the side boards, of a bench. Care the legs, which are hinged .at a little distance from their upper ends readily locked in to and between the end parts .of the side boards, B, by pins or screws D passing through the said side boards and into-the side edges of 40 of the said legs 0.

To the under side of the top A are attached stop bars or blocks E, for the upper ends of the legs 0 to rest against when the said legs O, and thus lock the said upper ends securely in place. With this construction, when the bench is inverted the rods F, by their own weight, will drop into the grooves H, leaving the upper ends of the legs G free, so that the said legs can be turned down inward into the position shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- In a folding bench, table, or settee, the combination, with the grooved top A, the grooved side boards, B, and the hinged legs 0, of the loose rods F, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said legs can be place and released, as set forth. 1

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